Found FF-like web site in Chinese: www.flyertea.com. Very informative
Apr 11, 2010, 12:13 pm
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Found FF-like web site in Chinese: www.flyertea.com. Very informative
Just found a website very similar to FT: www.flyertea.com. The catch is it's in Chinese. I have been reading the site for the two days, and found it very well organized with a lot of good content, especially for those who are going to the Greater China region.
For FFers who can read Chinese, this is a very useful website. Or maybe you can use Google Translate to read it.
For FFers who can read Chinese, this is a very useful website. Or maybe you can use Google Translate to read it.
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Apr 11, 2010, 12:15 pm
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Just found a website very similar to FF: www.flyertea.com. The catch is it's in Chinese. I have been reading the site for the two days, and found it very well organized with a lot of good content, especially for those who are going to the Greater China region.
For FFers who can read Chinese, this is a very useful website. Or maybe you can use Google Translate to read it.
For FFers who can read Chinese, this is a very useful website. Or maybe you can use Google Translate to read it.
Apr 11, 2010, 1:26 pm
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I am going to move this to the China forum, in hopes that folks who can benefit from it will find it there. Please PM me if you think it is better suited elsewhere.
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Apr 11, 2010, 10:15 pm
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Just found a website very similar to FT: www.flyertea.com. The catch is it's in Chinese. I have been reading the site for the two days, and found it very well organized with a lot of good content, especially for those who are going to the Greater China region.
For FFers who can read Chinese, this is a very useful website. Or maybe you can use Google Translate to read it.
For FFers who can read Chinese, this is a very useful website. Or maybe you can use Google Translate to read it.
Apr 12, 2010, 1:40 pm
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Apr 12, 2010, 1:43 pm
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My hunch is that a dislike for the PRC government could be at play here, as I've never met anyone from HK or Taiwan that couldn't make their way through a mainland newspaper or website; aside from the 80% of the characters that are identical, most simplifications aren't all that difficult to piece together.
Apr 12, 2010, 3:07 pm
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Apr 12, 2010, 4:56 pm
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I strongly advise everyone NOT to post any good deal/promo on the abovementioned website. Readers from most mainland China travel websites tend to abuse every decent promotion, e.g. the A/Club voucher, BMI family account, PC survey. As a result, these deals/promos got cancelled/withdrew prematurely.
Apr 12, 2010, 5:23 pm
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I strongly advise everyone NOT to post any good deal/promo on the abovementioned website. Readers from most mainland China travel websites tend to abuse every decent promotion, e.g. the A/Club voucher, BMI family account, PC survey. As a result, these deals/promos got cancelled/withdrew prematurely.
Just look at the abuse of the BMI 5000 miles promotion at Super 8 hotels here in China. One guy claims to have amassed 300K+ miles from this promotion alone, thanks to family accounts and 5 rmb rates Super 8 was allowing for check-ins that didn't require a room (just points). We'll see if BMI/Wyndham actually honors these.
Apr 12, 2010, 5:36 pm
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I strongly advise everyone NOT to post any good deal/promo on the abovementioned website. Readers from most mainland China travel websites tend to abuse every decent promotion, e.g. the A/Club voucher, BMI family account, PC survey. As a result, these deals/promos got cancelled/withdrew prematurely.
Mar 6, 2011, 2:53 pm
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My hunch is that a dislike for the PRC government could be at play here, as I've never met anyone from HK or Taiwan that couldn't make their way through a mainland newspaper or website; aside from the 80% of the characters that are identical, most simplifications aren't all that difficult to piece together.
Mar 6, 2011, 6:45 pm
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seems like this thread has been resurrected for no apparent reason....
not Chinese here, but someone who learned to speak and write in Taiwan and HK I find it just a bit annoying....I can do it, most if it....and all the Chinese I write to never complain at all when I write them in traditional characters....they even have started writing back in traditional characters to me....think they're basically interchangeable since most of them are the same anyways...
not Chinese here, but someone who learned to speak and write in Taiwan and HK I find it just a bit annoying....I can do it, most if it....and all the Chinese I write to never complain at all when I write them in traditional characters....they even have started writing back in traditional characters to me....think they're basically interchangeable since most of them are the same anyways...